SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR END TO BLOODSHED IN SRI LANKA

 

This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is increasingly disturbed by the mounting loss of life in Sri Lanka’s long-standing conflict.  He deplores the many civilian casualties caused by the ongoing hostilities between Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The Secretary-General emphasizes the urgent need to bring an end to the spiral of violence.  The bloodshed is making it ever more difficult to heal the deep divisions in the country.  He calls on the parties to make every effort to return to the peace process as soon as possible.

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